The Blue eyed, brown eyed experiment vocabulary

The Blue eyed, brown eyed experiment vocabulary

Segregation

the enforced separation of racial groups in a community, state, or country

Chastise

to scold

exemplify

to give an example in order to explain an idea

arrogant

having too much pride or belief in one’s importance

dominant

exerting power or influence over others

Multiple Choice

What does segregation mean?

• having too much pride or belief in one’s importance

• to give an example in order to explain an idea

• to scold

• the enforced separation of racial groups in a community, state, or country

• exerting power or influence over others

Multiple Choice

What does exemplify mean?

• having too much pride or belief in one’s importance

• to give an example in order to explain an idea

• to scold

• the enforced separation of racial groups in a community, state, or country

• exerting power or influence over others

Multiple Choice

What does arrogant mean?

• having too much pride or belief in one’s importance

• to give an example in order to explain an idea

• to scold

• the enforced separation of racial groups in a community, state, or country

• exerting power or influence over others

Multiple Choice

What does dominant mean?

• having too much pride or belief in one’s importance

• to give an example in order to explain an idea

• to scold

• the enforced separation of racial groups in a community, state, or country

• exerting power or influence over others

Multiple Choice

What does chastise mean?

• having too much pride or belief in one’s importance

• to give an example in order to explain an idea

• to scold

• the enforced separation of racial groups in a community, state, or country

• exerting power or influence over others

Multiple Choice

Jane Elliott decided to make the exercise based on eye color instead of skin color to see what ______ would be like.

• segregation

• chastise

• dominant

• arrogant

• exemplify

Multiple Choice

She often ______ the differences between the two groups by singling out students and would use negative aspects of brown-eyed children to emphasize a point.

• segregation

• chastise

• dominant

• arrogant

• exemplified

Multiple Choice

Elliott would not allow brown-eyed and blue-eyed children to drink from the same water fountain, and often _______ the brown-eyed students when they did not follow the exercise’s rules or made mistakes

• segregation

• chastised

• dominant

• arrogant

• exemplified

Multiple Choice

The “inferior” classmates also transformed — into timid and subservient children who even during recess isolated themselves, including those who had previously been ________ in the class

• segregation

• chastised

• dominant

• arrogant

• exemplified

Multiple Choice

Those who were deemed “superior” became _______, bossy, and otherwise unpleasant to their “inferior” classmates.

• segregation

• chastised

• dominant

• arrogant

• exemplified